Elis Hope to Fill Rink for Schwartz
The following article appeared in the November 12 issue of the Yale Daily News.
By Chelsea Janes
Contributing Reporter
The women’s hockey team enters the weekend playing not only to position themselves in the standings this weekend at Ingalls Rink with their first win, but also for something much bigger.
Tomorrow night, the Bulldogs are hosting “White Out for Mandi,” an event they hope will yield one of the biggest outpourings of support yet for their teammate Mandi Schwartz ’11, who has been battling leukemia since 2008. The Bulldogs have found donors to pledge money for every person who walks through the door of Ingalls Rink Friday night, so the more people who come, the more money to Mandi and her cause. The team has been selling T-shirts for the game with the number 17, Schwartz’s number, printed on them in order to raise additional money.
Anyone who attends tomorrow night’s contest will also be treated to an ECAC showdown between the Bulldogs (0–4–2, 0–1–1 ECAC) and RPI (3–6–2, 2–2). Yale has struggled early this season, but has shown flashes of brilliance, including a 3–3 draw at Harvard. The Bulldogs’ hadn’t tied or won in Cambridge since 1981. Erin Callahan ’13 stepped up to fill the void left by Jackee Snikeris, who went down with a knee injury early in the season, and made 32 saves in the Elis’ tie against the Crimson. Snikeris’ knee injury does not appear to be season-ending, and Genny Ladiges ’12 will likely be between the pipes Friday night, having made 65 saves in her past two games against Hockey East foes Providence and Northeastern.
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